Thirty-five years after the appointment of the first black president of a major U.S. university, none of the University of California campuses have yet had a black chancellor. Read more...

Kenneth Stein, discussing the future of the Palestinian people, cited high voter turnout in the 2005 Palestinian elections to emphasize the potential for democratic rule in the region and to emphasize the changes underway. Read more...

Former assemblyman Marco Firebaugh launched his quarter-long tenure as a visiting professor with a lecture focusing primarily on the state of education funding in California. Firebaugh, who served the maximum three terms as an assemblyman representing Bell Gardens, Commerce and South Gate among other cities, repeatedly criticized Gov. Read more...

After seven months of unfruitful contract negotiations between the University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union has asked for help. Read more...

Why is Black History Month the only month dedicated to an ethnicity? Do you think this is appropriate? Tanzib Hossain Second-year, biology “I think the main reason is because in the history of the U.S., the African Americans, next to the Caucasians, have been here longer than any other race. Read more...

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After 11 months, the undergraduate government has launched a survey on the expected cumulative progress requirement. Unfortunately, several design flaws suggest the survey’s data will be more anecdotal than scientific. Read more...